The Good Life

So the other night I was on a crowded subway--every seat taken and the aisle packed with people in their winter coats, clutching handbags and leftovers from their Saturday evening dinners. I was lucky enough to snag a seat, but had to deal with someone's crotch resting on my knee and another person's elbow shoved in my neck. Through it all there was a flash of something beautiful. Hanging precariously from a dainty shoulder of a fellow passenger was the one thing I could safely rest my weary eyes upon without risking the ultimate faux pas of catching someone's gaze. I kept my eye on this beautiful handbag for 7 stops and just as its owner stepped off the subway, I caught a glint of a tag and read the word, "Tano." Tano, I whispered to myself in the quiet of the Brooklyn night as I made my way to a friend's party, the word holding the promise of a life worth living.

Sadly, I googled Tano bags the next morning and discovered that they're roughly $200 a pop. But then I remembered two other words that sound like heaven: Tax Refund.

Comments

[Em]

DAMN YOU WOMAN. The one I like the most is $235 dollars. You know my weakness!

[degan]

oh SWOON! that is one beautiful bag.

[mary rosemeyer]

Don't worry about it though. I used to work at a store that carried Tano bags, and they're not that nice for the price. They're like... dried, colored steak.

[anna miller]

Thanks for the post. I just posted it to the TANO BAG BLOG located at http://www.TanoBag.net. Check out all the Tano bags, and even the $235 one can probably be purchased at a discount.
http://efashionhouse.com/productlistefh.html/Tano/518

Have fun! We love Tano! By the way, the bag you have photographed is called XRoads. It's one of the hottest Tano sellers! You have great taste!

[Stephanie]

I have mixed feelings about Tano bags. I was all into them after I saw this post, but when I started doing research (i.e., looking to buy one cheaper), I realized that they ripped off a lot of roller girl names, including some of my friends' names. As a retired derby girl, that totally pissed me off. But as a bag whore, I really wanted one of these. As a compromise, I ended up buying one on eBay, so I got the bag without supporting the name-stealing manufacturer. And it is an AWESOME bag.